I love salad: a bowl where the earth becomes crisp, bright, and briefly beautiful
I love salad: nature reorganized into something I can understand with a fork
Suffering is wasted when it only makes you bitter, numb, passive, cruel to yourself, or disconnected from life.
Suffering is not wasted when it makes you wiser, softer, stronger, more honest, more disciplined, more compassionate, or closer to what truly matters.